Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Paddy Lay Back, artist - The Dreadnoughts. Album song Into the North, in the genre Европейская музыкаDate of issue: 14.11.2019
Record label: Stomp
Song language: English
Paddy Lay Back |
| Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl |
| All around ship stations, boys, be handy |
| For we’re bound for Valaparaiser 'round the Horn! |
| Ah, that day there was a great demand for sailors (for sailors) |
| For the Colonies and for 'Frisco and for France (France France) |
| So I shipped aboard a Limey barque the Hotspur (the Hotspur) |
| An' got paralytic drunk on my advance ('vance, 'vance) |
| Paddy, lay back (Paddy, lay back)! |
| Take in yer slack (take in yer slack)! |
| Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl |
| All around ship stations, boys, be handy! |
| For we’re bound for Valaparaiser 'round the Horn! |
| 'Twas on the quarterdeck where first I saw 'em (I saw 'em) |
| Such an ugly bunch I’d niver seen before ('fore 'fore) |
| 'Cause there was a bum and stiff from every quarter (Yuuuck!) |
| An' it made me poor ol' heart feel sick an' sore (sore sore) |
| Paddy, lay back (Paddy, lay back)! |
| Take in yer slack (take in yer slack)! |
| Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl |
| All around ship stations, boys, be handy! |
| For we’re bound for Valaparaiser 'round the Horn! |
| Ah, but Jimmy the Wop he knew a thing or two, sir (Or two, sir) |
| An' soon he’d shipped me outward bound again ('gain 'gain) |
| On a Limey to the Chinchas for guanner (For guanner?) |
| An' soon was I a-roarin' this refrain ('frain 'frain) |
| Paddy, lay back (Paddy, lay back)! |
| Take in yer slack (take in yer slack)! |
| Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl |
| All around ship stations, boys, be handy! |
| For we’re bound for Valaparaiser 'round the Horn! |
| And I axed the mate a-which a-watch was mine-O (Was mine-O) |
| Sez he, 'I'll soon pick out a-which is which' (Which! Which!) |
| An' he blowed me down an' kicked me hard a-stern-O (A-stern-O) |
| Callin' me a dirty rotten son-o'-a-bitch (Bitch bitch) |
| Paddy, lay back (Paddy, lay back)! |
| Take in yer slack (take in yer slack)! |
| Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl |
| All around ship stations, boys, be handy! |
| For we’re bound for Valaparaiser 'round the Horn! |
| Ah so there I was once again at sea, boys (At sea, boys) |
| The same ol' garbage over and over again ('gain 'gain) |
| So on the stamp the caps’n and make some noise, boys (Some noise boys!) |
| And join me all and singing the ol' sweet refrain ('frain 'frain) |
| Paddy, lay back (Paddy, lay back)! |
| Take in yer slack (take in yer slack)! |
| Take a turn around the capstan, heave a pawl |
| All around ship stations, boys, be handy! |
| For we’re bound for Valaparaiser 'round the Horn! |